laternaria phosphorea

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laternaria phosphorea - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  lanternfly \lanternfly\, lantern fly \lantern fly\n. (Zool.)
     any one of several species of large, handsome, brightly
     marked, tropical hemipterous insects of the genera
     Laternaria, Fulgora, and allies, of the family
     Fulgorid[ae]. The largest species is Laternaria phosphorea
      of Brazil. The head has a snoutlike process in
     some species which was formerly thought to emit a
     phosphorescent light.
     [WordNet 1.5]